How to Create Realistic Light Rays in Photoshop

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Realistic Light Rays Tutorial

It's time to add another skill to your Photoshop toolbox! Adding realistic light rays to your scene when appropriate will create a whole new dimension to your scene.This realistic light rays tutorial will help you do just that. By adapting these techniques, you will be able to make a good photo epic!

What You Will Learn

I made this realistic light rays tutorial to help you improve your work with a few quick tricks. In this tutorial you will learn how to add realistic light rays in three different ways.

  1. Using radial blur
  2. Drew them in manually
  3.  Using gradients

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